I was looking how to place a CF adapter inside Falcon, and to be able to access the card from the outside, without too much damage to the Falcon itself, and this is the best I could do. I had to cut a 1-2mm off the IDE cable connector top (there is enough plastic left to still be sturdy), and I had to cut metal shield to be able to pass the cable to motherboard. Falcon's case got only two tiny holes for screws. I have lost access to the cartridge port, but that is OK with me as I don't have any cartridges. Now, I have an easy access to CF card, and my machine can stay closed

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Am I seeing it right ? Easy - because you need to rise computer when changing CF card ?

Famous Schrodinger's cat hypothetical experiment says that cat is dead or alive until we open box and see condition of poor animal, which deserved better logic. Cat is always in some certain state - regardless from is observer able or not to see what the state is.

I don't have a permanent place for retro computers and need to unpack them when use them, so it isn't a problem that I need to lift the machine. As for cartridge port, as I said, I don't have anything for it. I'll maybe try 1s1's solution if I acquire something that goes into cartridge port (currently very unlikely), but not in its current state, maybe with some 3D printed cover.

zzarko wrote:I don't have a permanent place for retro computers and need to unpack them when use them, so it isn't a problem that I need to lift the machine. As for cartridge port, as I said, I don't have anything for it. I'll maybe try 1s1's solution if I acquire something that goes into cartridge port (currently very unlikely), but not in its current state, maybe with some 3D printed cover.

Get a NetUSBee! Actually I use it mostly to move software around so I'm not mucking around with unplugging things, copying, plugging back in, etc. Then have a NAS with a crap-ton of software on it

Nice! With the CosmosEx and the jumble of other stuff, I decided to just go for the Wizztronics Rack mount. Plus I think at that point I can use my Mega STe keyboard, I just need time to put it all together...

@Joska, I got a much lower profile PicoPSU that works with my CT60e. The memory actually sits higher. I just can't put my cover on due to the SuperVidel's video output.

This one looks very similar to the one I have... Can you measure the height from the CT60e PCB and top of the PicoPSU? Because unless you have added some supports under the CT60e, the PCB will flex quite a lot, allowing the top lid to fit even if there's actually not enough space...

Yeah, exactly as Jo Even says. I had the same impression as well but only when I got his cool 'support board' it was totally obvious that the devil was in details: bending the CT60e board, not low profile enough PicoPSU. It's very misleading.

Hmm, okay now I am going to try to see if it bends it, because I don't think it was. The top of the heatsink is pretty much flat with the PicoPSU, and they both sit a tad bit higher than the memory stick. Looks like it's 7/8 of an inch (that sticks out of the ATX socket)

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Edit: So I stuck what looks like an appropriately high LEGO piece between the motherboard and the CT60e, and it looks like the PicoPSU would fit.. almost. Not sure if the LEGO piece is quite the right height (I think it's just barely too tall, like maybe a millimetre) but that's also about how much higher the top of the Falcon case needs to be to fit better. I suppose I could try and find my screws and screw it on like that. At first I thought it wasn't going to fit, but then realized the fan power connector was sitting where it caused it to be higher up than the PSU.

So this is a resounding... maybe it'll fit?

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